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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weighed on none more heavily than on old (73) Chaim Weizmann, who more than anyone else had been responsible for Zionism's success-if success it is. Weizmann, a great chemist, had done his once-beloved Britain a memorable service in World War I. He discovered a new method of producing acetone for munitions. Said Lloyd George cynically: "Acetone converted me to Zionism...
Collegewide voting on April 15 will elect five delegates to attend the National Student Association annual convention in September, William D. Weeks '49, President of the Student Council, said last night. The Student Council finally reached agreement on election as the best method of choosing delegates before vacation after controversy had split the Council for two weeks...
During the discussion preceding the decision to hold an election, the Council had been divided almost evenly. One faction supported Council appointment of the delegates as the best method of obtaining capable delegates. The opposition claimed that election would stimulate student interest in NSA while equally capable delegates could be obtained as long as the screening committee offered a well qualified slate of nominees. The closeness of the Council split was indicated by the 8-6 vote in favor of the student body election with one Council member abstaining...
Since the waves outrun the wind, they provide a handy method of spotting storms that are still far out at sea. This is not important in the North Atlantic, whose weather is reported by ships and airplanes almost from minute to minute. But between South Africa and South America, there are few ships, and only one small weather station, on the island of Tristan da Cunha. Since most storms in the area strike from the west, a wave recorder on the African coast might give a day or two of warning before a storm arrives. Dr. Deacon also believes that...
Many companies worried less about prices than the psychological approach. One method has been to make receivers smaller and less noticeable. Maico Co., Inc. goes after women customers with receivers that look like earrings, costing $231 (TIME, June 16). Beltone Hearing Aid Co. was plugging a 5-oz., 3-in. by 2-in. amplifier as the "world's smallest hearing aid" (price: $167.50). The aid, said Beltone, used the same principle as the proximity fuse developed during...